“She was definitely doing something to that statue,” I announced as I paced back and forth. Trixie and Lavender both looked up from their card game in the library.

“Like vandalizing it?” Trixie asked as I peeked at her hand. Pretty damn good uno hand.

“I have no clue!” I exclaimed.

“Shh!” Mom chided as she set her book down. “Please don’t yell Sunny.”

“Sorry mom.” Trixie and Lavender both chuckled as they smirked.

“Uno,” Lavender slapped a card down. “Also, we should probably be quiet. The rainbooms are approaching.”

“Okay. I’ll just ignore Rarity and Flutters,” I muttered. “I’m never gonna look at Bon Bon the same I think after the prank she pulled with Vinyl.”

“Trixie believes you,” Trixie smirked as she leaned back in her chair. Everyone else was in class but we had a free hour because we had finished the class we had early. Unfortunately the rainbooms did too. I was fine with all but two.

“Hey yall,” Applejack tipped her hat slightly to us as Trixie narrowed her eyes slightly. “Trixie and Lavender, nice to see ya.”

“I’m sure it is,” Trixie grumbled as the others stared at her wide eyed. She only spoke in first person when she was frustrated. I’m guessing they didn’t know that. Only Lavender and I knew.

“So uh you guys got a free hour too?” Rainbow asked nervously as her eyes drifted off Trixie.

“Yeah. We’re just reading and talking about guitars,” I answered. “Trixie bought a new one recently. It’s a really nice purple.”

“Nice,” Rainbow flashed a smile our way. “What brand?”

“Fender Player. It’s a stratocaster,” Trixie said smugly and I rolled my eyes in amusement. “Vinyl helped me pick it out at her shop she works at.”

“I helped too!” I shot her a smirk.

“Sunset helped too,” Trixie corrected. “She’s a good friend to Trixie. Trixie only had three friends and now she has a bunch.”

“That’s nice darling,” Rarity agreed as she sat down across from us in a chair. “You guys have a band I heard?”

“Yeah,” I said cautiously. “What about it?” Trixie subtly squeezed my shoulder and I quickly realized what she was trying to tell me. She was trying to calm me down. I took a breath and nodded.

“What’s it called?” Pinkie asked eagerly. “Ooh lemme guess! The sunny time? Shimmer time?”

“No?” I asked in confusion. “We just go by the Illusions. We all liked it and had a group vote. Besides, we don’t really have a leader. It’s a group band. We swap out the lead singer based on the song.”

“Oh okay,” Pinkie sighed and nodded. “There’s what, twelve people in it?”

“Uh let’s see,” Trixie said. “There’s me, Sunset, Lyra, Derpy, Bon Bon, Octavia, Vinyl, Adagio, Aria, Sonata, Lightning Dust, Fuchsia and Lavender. Am I missing anyone?”

“Twilight,” Sunset replied. “When she’s here of course. So fourteen of us.”

“Jesus,” Rainbow whistled. “Lots of guitars.”

“Mhm,” I agreed. I ignored Fluttershy and Rarity staring at me and I smirked at Trixie.

“So what’s up?” Lavender asked warily.

“We just overheard you guys talking about the statue,” Applejack said.

“Who do you think it was?” Pinkie giggled. “A late night statue cleaner? A gardener?”

“A late night statue cleaner exists?” Lavender whispered to Trixie. She shrugged in response.

“Who knows?” Trixie whispered back.

“I think I know who it was,” Rainbow scoffed. “Seeing how she got off a bus coming from the city and got on a bus headed into the city, I’d say she goes to”

“Crystal Prep,” everyone except me groaned as Trixie gagged a bit.

“It’s just the type of thing they’d do before the Friendship Games and vandalize our Wondercolt statue,” Rainbow growled as she picked up a book.

“Why would they do that?” I inquired as everyone stared at me.

“Because the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts are our biggest rivals?” Rarity pointed out.

“It’s just the type of thing the Shadowbolts would do,” Applejack grumbled.

“They do it every year,” Rainbow opened her book. “They beat us at like everything. Tennis, soccer and basketball.” She showed me various pictures of Mystery Mint, Tennis Match and Cloudkicker looking exhausted.

“Sounds kinda silly to me,” I folded my arms.

“Silly?” Everyone practically shouted.

“So I bet you think the Friendship Games are silly too huh?” Rainbow demanded with her arms crossed.

“Just seems kinda unimportant to me,” I admitted.

“Just because it’s not magical doesn’t mean it’s not important,” Fluttershy explained. “We’re going up against a bunch of bullies.” Okay she had a point there.

“You’re right I’m sorry,” I admitted as she stared in surprise at me.

“But not this year!” Rainbow grinned. “Things are gonna be a bit different this year.”

“Uh how so?” Applejack asked. Rainbows grin widened.

“You’ll see.”

I stared at Principal Celestia and Luna on the stage and tried to not look uncomfortable. I had accidentally got separated from Trixie, Derpy and the others in the crowd so I had to sit with the Applejack, Rarity and the others. I accidentally sat down next to Rarity.

“As you all know, the Friendship Games are coming up,” Principal Celestia announced. “And you’re probably wondering what happens.”

“You mean other than us losing?” Flash Sentry stood up and shouted. I bit my lip to keep from laughing as a few others laughed.

“This year I asked Rainbow Dash to give some speech,” Principal Celestia hesitantly handed the micro phone to Rainbow.

“Thank you Principal Celestia,” Rainbow shouted and I winced a bit. “I know a lot of you might think we can’t beat a fancy school like Chrystal Prep at anything.”

“Unless it’s a losing to Crystal Prep because we’re reallllllyyyy good at that!” Pinkie stood up and shouted.

“Ugh,” Rainbow whispered as I giggled. “And I know CHS hasn’t won the Friendship Games even once!”

“Oh dear,” Rarity muttered to me. “I hope this wasn’t meant to be a motivational speech.”

“Crystal Prep students are super athletic, super smart and super motivated. But there’s one thing they aren’t!” Rainbow exclaimed. “They aren’t Wondercolts! We’ve fought magic more than once, and come out on top.”

“Why is Baton Switch with her?” I wondered aloud as I stared at the band behind Rainbow.

“We have a band?” Fluttershy asked.

“There’s other schools, but none can make those claims!” Rainbow shouted. “Together we are Canterlot. Come and cheer our name.” She jumped off the stage with Baton and walked down the row of students.

“This will be our year to win these games. We’ll always be Wondercolts forever. And now our time has finally arrived. ‘Cause we believe in the magic of friendship. And you know, at the end of the day, it is we who survive,” Rainbow sang with Baton and I never even knew the band captain could sing to be honest.

“We’re not the school we were before,” Rainbow sang as she touched the brim of her hat. “Yeah we’re different now.”

The rest of Batons band mates held individual signs depicting me and the sirens. I should feel offended but I found it kinda impressive. The detail on it was pretty damn good.

“We overcame the obstacles we faced. We’re Canterlot united and we’ll never bow so get ready to see us in first place,” Rainbow grinned as she threw her hat to Baton. Baton pointed her namesake and a few ears and tails from when Twilight sang in the cafeteria were tossed into the ground by the band. Lyra, Bon Bon, Vinyl and my sisters caught a few and put them on.

“And now our time has finally arrived,” Rainbow sang as she handed Trixie her own ears and tail as Trixie put hers on.

“Cause we believe in the magic of friendship. And you know, at the end of the day, it is we who survive. At the end of the day, it is we who survive,” Baton and Rainbow sang as Rainbow started to glow blue as her ears grew along with her hair as she sported some wings. I smiled with the others but deep down I was confused.

That shouldn’t have happened. I’m gonna to have to investigate this.

Author's Note

I was originally debating using the song version of the rally song but I went with the movie version.

https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/CHS_Rally_Song